Closure for bottles, jars, and other receptacles.



J, v. EULL' CLOSURE FOB BOTTLES, JARS, AND UTKER EECEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY @1968. BEHEWED HAY 18, 1911.

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JOSEPH .V'. HULL, 0F BROQKLYN, NEV V YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SURE SEAL COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES, JARS,

AND OTHER RECEPTA CLES.

Application filed July 3, 1908, Serial No. 441,743. Renewed May 16, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josrrn V. HULL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Bottles, Jars, and other Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in closures for bottles, jars and other receptacles; and it consists in the novel cap, hereinafter described and claimed, to be applied over the mouth of the receptacle for sealing the same.

' The cap of my invention is formed with 2. depending flange to pass upon andencompass the upper edge portions of the recepta- 'cle and with arms which extend down wardly from the lower edges of said-llz'tngc and are adapted at their lower ends to en gage a shoulder formed on the neck of the receptacle, whereby to hold the cap in posil tion. The said armsare integral with the l l cap and initially of angular formation and adapted to be shortened by being folded on themselves after the cap is on the receptacle, thereby bin ling the cap in position againstthe resist be offered by a gasket, located in the top of the cap andcompressed against the upper edges of the".'rece1t tacle surrounding the mouth thereof.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

. Figure 1 'iso top of a View of a cap con structed in accordance with and embodyingmy invention, said cap being shown in its initial condition loosely placed over the mouth of the receptacle to be sealed; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the dotted line 2-:2 of Fig, 1, the receptacle being shown as partly broken away; Fig. 3 is at its locked position on the receptacle and the gasket as having been compressed from its sealing condition, represented in Fig. 3, and Fig. 4 is an edge View, partly broken away, of'the cap and receptacle, the cap being repreceptacle. p

In the drawings, 10 designates the cap as a whole, and 11 the receptacle to be sealed,

Specification of Letters Patent.

' against the outer said receptacle being formed with an exte- Patented J am 2, 1912.

Serial No. 627,512.

the upper, portion of the neck thereof.

@The cap 10 will preferably be formed from one integral piece of sheet metal and. comprises the top 13, an annular flange 14;

depending from the edges of said top, and

rior annular shoulder-12 extending around 12 on said receptacle. The initial condition-- of the arms 13 when the'cap is loosely placed on the receptacle 11 is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper end of thereceptaclc 11 fits snugly within the flange 14 of the cup and vertical members 18 of the arms 15, and between theupper inner portions of the cap and the upper edges of the receptacle 11, is a compressible gasket 20.

When it is desired to seal the receptacle the cap 10 containing the gasket 20 will be placed over the mouth thereof and rest thereon in the manner represented in Fig. 2, and thereupon pressure will be applied on the top of the cap to compress the gasket 20 against the upper edges of the receptacle and into sealing condition, as represented in Fig. 3, and while this pressure is maintained on the cap, pressure will be applied ends of the members 16 of the arms 15 (where said members unite with the members 17 of said arms) for the purpose of folding the members 16 against the members 172111Cl the members 17 against the members 18 of said arms,'the upper ends of the members 17 and the members 18 fsliding upwardly against the outer walls of the receptacle and closing together and the member '16 closing downwardly against the member 17, as shown in Fig. 3. The upward movement of the members 18 during the folding of the angular arms 15 against the neck of the receptacle, results in the lips 19 being carried upwardly into firm contact with the shoulder 12, said lips being enabled when in engagement with said shoulder 12 to lock the cap on the receptacle with the gasket 20 in its compressed sealing condition.- WVheri it is desired to remove the closure from the receptacle, the

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lips 19 will be bent downwardly to release the cap and thereupon the latter may be con- Width and thickness of metal. The upward movement of the members 18 of the arms 15 draws the lips 19 with great firmness against" the shoulder 12 and'the folding of the;.members 16, 17 downwardly against each {other and the members 18 results in the members 18 being securely bound against the receptacle with the lips 19 held locked below the shoulder 12.

I illustrate a cap provided with four arms 15 which will be entirely sufficient for all usual purposes.- In many instances the cap will be found entirely efficient when formed with only two oppositely disposed arms 15.

I What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: I f -1. In comb'nation with a receptacle having an exterior shoulder about its neck, a closure comprising a cap and a compressible gasket therein engaging the upper edges of said receptacle, said cap having an annular f below said shoulder,

depending flange and arms extending down; wardly therefrom and each comprising, ,folded together, a downwardly extending l member, .an upwardly extending member and a downwardly extending member having an inwardly bent lip onits lower end engaging said shoulder with binding force; substantially as set forth.) f'

2. For use on'a re ptacle having an exterior shoulder about i s neck, a closure comprising a cap and a compressible gasket therein to en age the upper edge of said receptacle, sai cap having downwardly extending arms each comprising in succession an outwardly and downwardly extending member, an inwardly extending member and a downwardly extending member having an inwardlyvbent lip on its lower end to pass said members when folded together against the receptacle, with said, gasket compressed, being adapted to draw said lip upwardly against said shoulder with binding force; substantially as set forth. i

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of'New York, this 2nd day of July 'A. D. 1908.

- JOSEPH V. HULL.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL. 

